{"public_id":"CTF-EDA-000001","vault":"EDA","record_type":"soil-profile","record_type_label":"Soil profile","title":"Pinewood podzol profile, Abernethy","summary":"An illustrative soil profile beneath native Scots pine: litter, bleached eluvial layer, iron pan and till.","description":"Described from a hand-dug pit in 2021. Horizons: L/F/H litter and humus to 8 cm, Ah to 15 cm, E bleached sand to 40 cm, Bs with iron pan at 60 to 70 cm, C glacial till below 110 cm. The profile is typical of Cairngorm granite podzols and is used as the depth frame for every other Edaphic record at the site.","evidence_tier":"T1","verification_status":"expert","time":{"start":2021,"end":2021,"precision":"year","uncertainty_years":0,"dating_method":"documented-date","bands":["modern"]},"geometry_public":{"type":"point","coordinates":[-3.6503,57.2172]},"precision_class":"exact","sensitivity_class":"open","locality_public":"Abernethy Forest, Strathspey, Scotland","place":{"id":"abernethy-forest","name":"Abernethy Forest","type":"site"},"depth":{"top_m":0,"bottom_m":1.2},"taxon":{"id":"pinus-sylvestris","name":"Pinus sylvestris","common":"Scots pine","extant":true,"iucn":"LC","gbif_key":5285637,"eco_memory_url":"https://eco-memory.example.org/species/scots-pine"},"rights":{"licence":"CC-BY-4.0","licence_label":"CC BY 4.0","licence_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Chronos Terra Foundation field survey (illustrative placeholder)","rights_holder":"Chronos Terra Foundation","source_name":"Chronos Terra field survey","source_url":"https://chronos-terra.example.org/sources#field-survey","retrieved_on":"2026-09-01","mode":"hosted","citation":"Chronos Terra Foundation (2026). Pinewood podzol profile, Abernethy. CTF-EDA-000001."},"media":[{"role":"access","path":"/media/CTF-EDA-000001-profile.svg","media_type":"image/svg+xml","alt":"Diagram of the soil profile with five labelled horizons from litter to glacial till.","processing_state":"edited"}],"links":[{"to":"CTF-END-000001","to_title":"Capercaillie display call, Cairngorms","to_vault":"END","to_tier":"T1","type":"inhabits","label":"Habitat of","tier":"T1","note":"The lek lies in the same pinewood as the described soil profile.","citation":"Chronos Terra field survey 2021 and lek records 2019.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":2019,"end":2019}},{"to":"CTF-END-000004","to_title":"Capercaillie lek count, Abernethy","to_vault":"END","to_tier":"T2","type":"inhabits","label":"Habitat of","tier":"T1","note":"The monitored lek is in the same pinewood.","citation":"NatureScot lek survey summary 2023.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":2023,"end":2023}},{"to":"CTF-LIN-000001","to_title":"Abernethy: Obar Neithich","to_vault":"LIN","to_tier":"T2","type":"names","label":"Named by","tier":"T2","note":"The place-name names the pinewood in which the profile was dug.","citation":"Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba place-name entry (illustrative).","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":1900,"end":2020}},{"to":"CTF-INT-000002","to_title":"Pine tar burning, traditional method","to_vault":"INT","to_tier":"T2","type":"uses","label":"Used in","tier":"T2","note":"Pine tar was made from roots of the same pinewood species described in the profile.","citation":"Heritage group documentation 2019.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":2019,"end":2019}},{"to":"CTF-EDA-000002","to_title":"Ectomycorrhizal root tips, 5 to 20 cm","to_vault":"EDA","to_tier":"T1","type":"found-in","label":"Contains","tier":"T1","note":"Sampled from the Ah horizon of this profile.","citation":"Chronos Terra field survey 2021.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":2021,"end":2021}},{"to":"CTF-EDA-000003","to_title":"Charcoal band, 40 to 50 cm, radiocarbon dated","to_vault":"EDA","to_tier":"T2","type":"found-in","label":"Contains","tier":"T1","note":"The charcoal band sits at the base of the E horizon of this profile.","citation":"Chronos Terra field survey 2021.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":-3600,"end":-3300}},{"to":"CTF-EDA-000004","to_title":"Iron pan, 60 to 70 cm","to_vault":"EDA","to_tier":"T1","type":"found-in","label":"Contains","tier":"T1","note":"The iron pan is the Bs horizon of this profile.","citation":"Chronos Terra field survey 2021.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":2021,"end":2021}},{"to":"CTF-EDA-000005","to_title":"Basal glacial till, below 110 cm, inferred age","to_vault":"EDA","to_tier":"T3","type":"found-in","label":"Contains","tier":"T3","note":"The till is the C horizon of this profile.","citation":"Chronos Terra inference from regional deglaciation sequences.","direction":"in","to_time":{"start":-15000,"end":-12000}}],"vault_fields":{"horizons":[{"id":"L-F-H","top_m":0,"bottom_m":0.08,"label":"Litter and humus"},{"id":"Ah","top_m":0.08,"bottom_m":0.15,"label":"Dark humic sand"},{"id":"E","top_m":0.15,"bottom_m":0.4,"label":"Bleached eluvial sand"},{"id":"Bs","top_m":0.4,"bottom_m":0.7,"label":"Iron-enriched, thin iron pan"},{"id":"C","top_m":0.7,"bottom_m":1.2,"label":"Glacial till"}]},"registry":{"registered_on":"2026-09-01","version":"11825bc03979","url":"https://chronos-terra.example.org/records/CTF-EDA-000001","json_url":"https://chronos-terra.example.org/generated/records/CTF-EDA-000001.json"}}